Teachers Use Technology for Formative and Summative Assessments

• Plickers

Plickers (Links to an external site.): Print plicker answer cards from your printer.  Assess answers with your device's camera. From their website: "Plickers is a powerfully simple tool that lets teachers collect real-time formative assessment data without the need for student devices. Use Plickers for quick checks for understanding to know whether your students are understanding big concepts and mastering key skills. Give all students the chance to participate and engage in learning without feeling self-conscious. No waiting for students to log-in on a computer or even open the right app. Plickers integrates seamlessly into the way you already teach.

Plickers grew out of a shared belief that teachers shouldn’t have to teach blind, data doesn’t have to be overwhelming, and students shouldn’t be afraid of being wrong. We believe that deep learning can happen when we measure our progress and use data as a starting point, not just an ending metric."

• GradeCam

• GradeCam (Links to an external site.): Print scanning forms on plain paper.  Scan results from you webcam or device camera.  From their website: "GradeCam is a professional problem solver for teachers everywhere. We make teachers’ problems our problems and design technologies that solve for them.

  • SCAN: Flash assignments in front of your smartphone, tablet, webcam or document camera.
  • SCORE: Grades instantly populate onto your computer and can be transferred into your electronic grade book with one keystroke.
  • ASSESS: Use results analysis for live formative assessment. Your job here is done!

• LMS

• Learning Management Systems (LMS): Most learning management systems have assessment tools built in to them.  Utah uses Instructure CanvasLinks to an external site. in most K-12 schools. Blackboard (Links to an external site.) is another commonly used tool. One form of assessment is building a portfolio, or even better, an e-portfolio. Below are links to instructions to see how this works in Canvas.
  • How do I use the eportfolio getting started wizard? (Links to an external site.)
  • How do I create a new eportfolio? (Links to an external site.)
  • How can I share a private eportfolio? (Links to an external site.)
  Students in my Photoshop and Graphic Design courses build e-portfolios in Weebly (Links to an external site.), Google Sites (Links to an external site.), or WIX (Links to an external site.).  You'd be welcome to look at some of them (Links to an external site.).

  To conclude this section, its purpose is to spark ideas how you can provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards, and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching. What technology software or hardware can you find that would provide assessment data that would help you as a teacher? What kinds of assessments promote deep learning? sticky learning? What assessment ideas do you have that would make it possible to meet the learning needs of each student in your classroom? Think about this. Record your ideas, so you don't forget them.